dài replace

Made up of [ rén Person (radical) radical 9, catch; shoot radical 56]
Made with 5 strokes.
A person with calipers which indicate process of copying hence 'replace'
Ancient small seal form Small seal

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Also uses rén component: bǐng (both) chàng (to initiate) ; dàn (but) ; dào (fall) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; fèn (portion) ; gōng (to provide) ; (estimate) ; (what) ; hòu (wait) ; hóu (nobleman) ; huà (to make into) ; huá (splendid) ; huā (flower) ; jiàn (healthy) ; liǎng (pair) ; mén (s) ; (you) ; rén (humane) ; shén (what) ; (he) ; wèi (position) ; xiān (immortal) ; xìn (letter) ; (night) ; 亿 (100,000,000) ; yōu (distant) ; zhí (value) ; zhù (to live) ; zhuàn (biography) ; zuò (to do) ; zuò (to make)

Sounds same

dài (to respect)

Different tone

dāi (bad)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo To move beyond current work and meddle in other's duties. To take things into your own hands. A back seat driver.
取而代之 qǔ ér dài zhī To act as a substitute or replacement for someone.